Concerns over upgrading vCenter Server from 4.1 to 5.1
I'm currently reading through the guide and how to upgrade vCenter Server in Chapter 4 of "vSphere Upgrade: vSphere...
View ArticleSecurity Warning(s) on vSphere Client Connection?
Every time a vSphere client connects to the server two security warnings are displayed (see the attached image). Clicking View Certiface allows you to "install" the certificate, but always leaves you...
View ArticleThe type initializer for threw an exception for...
When running VI Client 4 or 4 U1, on Vista SP1 x64, I get the following error message. The type initializer for threw an exception for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. and...
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Problem installing vCenter Server Update 2
I'm trying to install vCenter Server Update 2 on my existing vCenter server (Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit). When I start the installation, it progresses until it gets to "Installing Charting...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance - network settings
Hi, i have a vCenter Server Appliance 5.1.0.5300 Build 947940. After upgrading vom 5.0.x i have the following problem: Networking - Address: My appliance has got a hostname, IPv4 default gateway, two...
View ArticleIssues with snapshots during storage vmotion / storage drs
Hello all, we ran into an issue with our backup software (EMC Avamar) recently. A backup was performed (or at least it was tried) while storage drs was migrating the vm that was backed up between...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance 5.1 Active Directory not functioning
This is brand new VCA not an upgrade. I've not added any VM's to it yet. I cannot log in to the VC with my Windows credentials from the vSphere client. I get an error "A general system error occurred:...
View ArticleVCenter Server 5.1 show migrated VM on old and new Storage
Hello, we update 2 vsphere 5.0 Hosts to 5.1 and the vcenter too. Now we connect new Storage to the vsphere Hosts and migrate some of the VMs on the new Store.(all of them have latest VMtools...
View ArticleESXi Hardware - Battery Error
We are usning Dell Poweredge R900 server. In vCenter Server when i go to hardware tab of one of the esxi host i see an warning : "Battery On Controller 0 Discharging ---- Battery Staus: Learning." I...
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vCenter Appliance joined to domain, but no domain available
I´ve setup vCenter Appliance 5.1 and I joined it to my AD domain, but when I try to create permissions and and link them to AD group, I can´t see my domain: Any idea, why this is happening?
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vSphere iSCSi not suport VM Cluster?
0down vote favorite I'm building a virtual machine cluster using vSphere 5.1.I'm finding solution for data storage.I want iSCSi but when I see information on vsphere documentation I see with iSCSi...
View ArticleAdding disk on DatastoreCluster
Hi, I am trying to add two disks to my VM. I want disk 1 on to stay on datastoreCluster1 & disk2 on datastoreCluster2I am using VmwareVsphere 5.1 JAVA SDK. And i am getting following...
View ArticleVcenter & Esxi 5
Hi I'm sorry Iasked this questionin the Department of Esxi 5 and I did not find theanswer I think Iaskedinthewrongsection .So the question is ? I installed vcenter and when i trying to add 2 hosts...
View ArticleCaught up on SSO registration
WHen we initially installed vCenter, we didn't have an SQL server. We do now, so I'm migrating the DB to the new server. Well, trying to. I followed the instructions, and the DB is running on the new...
View ArticleHost CPU - MHz, Host Mem - MB, and Guest Mem - % fields report a zero value...
Out of 10 Host 5 esxi host are not showing CPU/Host Memory performance states. All ten ESXi 5.1.0 hosts managed by vCenter Server 5.1.0Any suggestions on this.
View Articleconnection to virtual machine (a vCenter Server )
hiplease can i connect to a virtual machine (vcenter server ) ussing vClient , othere wise how can i connectThanks
View ArticleAlarm on SSH enabled
I was looking through the alarm listings and don't see anything about SSH being enabled. The vSphere console complains when it's enabled, so I figure there must be an alert for it. Anyone know where...
View ArticlevSphere SSO with OpenLDAP (eDirectory)
I recently upgraded to vCenter Server 5.1 from 5.0 and was able to get SSO installed just fine and was very excited about being able to authenticate to vCenter using my eDirectory accounts. So I...
View ArticlevCenter VM rename problem
When I try to rename a VM in one of our vCenters "it" just jumps away while I try to edit the name. It goes so fast it is almost impossible to add one character.When I just watch the vC while selecting...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 and WebClient server
I'm planning to install vSphere WebClient server on my vCenter server however my installation ISO disc is corrupted VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.1.0-799735.iso. I was wondering if I can download the latest...
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